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I am a stage hand every year at my church, when we invite the community into our sanctuary to watch a spectacular play and musical at Christmas. They call us the men in black.
Anyway, it alows me to see much more than the crowd sees. Sometimes when I read the bible, I like to 'peep behind the curtain', so to speak. When you read about the Tranfiguration in Matthew, chapt 17... its easy to get swept up in how awesome and strange that must have been.
Matthew 17 1 AND SIX days after this, Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. 2And His appearance underwent a change in their presence; and His face shone clear and bright like the sun, and His clothing became as white as light. 3 And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, who kept talking with Him.
Bringing these characters from the other side of this life down to this mountain top... and Jesus transforming right before your eyes. Wow! But, peep behind the curtain. Is that really the Moses from Numbers? The Moses that angered God so much so in chapt 20 that God took back a promise He had made some 40 years prior.
Numbers 20 9 So Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as He commanded him. 10And Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock and Moses said to them, Hear now, you rebels; must we bring you water out of this rock? 11And Moses lifted up his hand and with his rod he smote the rock twice. And the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock. 12And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you did not believe in (rely on, cling to) Me to sanctify Me in the eyes of the Israelites, you therefore shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
Yes, it's that Moses alright, and God did what He said He would do and Moses died without ever setting foot in the promise Land. But, oh my God is sooo Great... Where do you think Moses is standing in this scene here in Matthew? He's in the promise land, my friends... and He's talking to the King. God didn't change His mind... He did to Moses what He said He would. God has to do what is right and it hurts sometimes but He is not through Loving you.
You know it hurt Moses to die without going on into the land of milk and honey, and it hurt God to take that from Moses... But, here in this scene in Matthew we se Gods Love poured out even in the 'not so obvious'.
That is Awesome! GOD IS LOVE
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| October 26, 2008 |
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Hello again Preston
I am led to read your blogs this morning.
When I read this scene, I cried because I knew Moses did not make it in to the physical land because he had hardened his heart towards the Israelites because of their unbelief and in anger he hit the rock and God chastised him and reneged on His promise about the physical promise land. Then I read that Moses came to Jesus on the "mountain" I thought to myself perhaps Moses and Elijah was encouraging Jesus to go do what He had to do on the cross. I had to think of Jesus in this scene as a human being like us who needed some encouragement. I cried at this scene also because I thought of the many times I needed spiritual encouragement to see the promised vision. God is faithful. What He has promised He will perform to completion. Every dead thing in a believer's life will be brought to life. The blood that Jesus shed on this earth is now in the veins of every born-again believer in Jesus Christ and greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. We are over-comers through the Word that lives in us and Just like Moses told the Israelites to put the blood on the door posts so that the members of each household will be saved from death, the same applies to those in the household of the believer. Alleluia!!!!!! to the RISEN CHRIST!!!!!!
Shalom to you my brother in Christ
Sister Marcia |
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| October 26, 2008 |
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| Oooo.., that is good my friend. That is awesome. I've been reaching out to several people this week who see Jesus and God as one (as I do), but have trouble seperating the Trinity when they ARE ALSO separate. Your comment is about one of those times I want them to see. I have no malice towards them nor do I feel frustrated but I wish I could explain more simply. Anyway, Thank you Marcia. I Love you. |
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| October 26, 2008 |
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This blew me away. My husband took his life in 2000 after he got baptized the month before and 10 months later my 21 year old son took his life after years of serving the Lord including missions. I am on a grief journey and often think about the things they miss here. I can't eat smores poptarts because my son loved them and told me once he knew I loved him for buying them for him.
His Grace is sufficient, but it is just a reminder that there is more and His blood was enough. He always does what is right when we mess up. |
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| October 26, 2008 |
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| Juanita Flener Hamlin, I love you and I am glad for the zeal you have to know the Truth. This is not all there is. I too hae known grief. Some will tell you that life is like a roller coaster ride.. sometimes going down and sometimes going up. Its best to not get too sad when you are going down and not too excited when you're going up. Looking at "The Whole" of ones life... all of lifes experience, together is wisdom. What God has in store for you today... you could have never imagined. And that's just this phase of life. On the other side is an eternity where sorrow never again will exist for Gods people. Amen? |
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| October 26, 2008 |
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| Amen Preston, Amen. I am due a dance on golden streets with my sons. 2 have died, one was a baby at birth. Another son lives and is 31. peace/juanita |
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